Mark Wahlberg's character is a car salesman. Wahlberg owns a number of car dealerships in Ohio, mostly in the Columbus Ohio area.
Nina (Zoe Colletti) originally wants to be a journalism major with much urging from her mother (Michelle Monaghan). In real life, Michelle Monaghan studied journalism at Columbia University Chicago.
Michelle Monaghan and Maggie Q both appeared in 'Mission: Impossible 3'. (2006)
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan previously starred in Patriots Day (2016) playing a husband and wife in that movie also.
Although much of the first act is based in Buffalo, NY, the only location shots in the film are several brief flyovers of downtown and the family van later traveling over the 'Skyway' bridge and along the Lake Erie waterfront past the vacant land that was once home to the Bethlehem Steel mill.